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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 930 PM CST Wed Feb 4 2026

- Today through the coming weekend, temperatures will climb to well above average for early February.

SHORT TERM

(Tonight through Friday night) Issued at 930 PM CST Wed Feb 4 2026

For today, Thursday, warmer temperatures are expected with afternoon highs in the mid to upper 60s. A surface boundary, resembling a cold front, is expected to enter the combined Panhandles this afternoon. Winds will be out of the north around 15 mph behind this boundary. The key difference from a true cold front will be warming H85. Hence the warm afternoon highs. With these H85 temperatures around 12 degrees C will help keep overnight lows relatively warm as well. Although winds are expected to die off a bit in the evening they may still pick up or keep up to around 5 to 10 mph overnight, allowing for some mixing to occur. Much of the combined Panhandles with the exception the northwest should stay well above freezing going into Friday morning.

Going into Friday afternoon, under the influence of upper level ridging, H85 temperatures will continue to warm. H85 temperatures are progged to warm closer to 15 to 16 degrees C allowing for surface temperatures to warm into the 70s for much of the area. With the higher temperatures RH values are expected to be lower in the teens across the area. Thankfully winds are expected to be relatively light around 10 mph or less, changing from the west to south through the day. Again, Friday night temperatures should stay well into the 30s during the overnight hours into Saturday morning.

LONG TERM

(Saturday through next Wednesday) Issued at 930 PM CST Wed Feb 4 2026

Warm temperatures are expected to continue through about Tuesday. Upper level ridging will continue to dominate. The one caveat will be a potential closed low associated with split flow aloft is progged to skirt to the south of the combined Panhandles. Depending on the track of this low will determine if some slight chance PoPs will continue for the south to southeastern TX Panhandle Monday night into early Tuesday. A cold front may follow bringing afternoon temperatures for Wed back into the 50s/60s.

AVIATION

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 930 PM CST Wed Feb 4 2026

VFR conditions expected to prevail through the period. Winds may be light out of the north before gradually becoming west then southwest. By 18Z when the winds become southwest they may no longer be less than 10 kts but closer to 15 kts.

AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

TX...None. OK...None.